Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo Sydney is a government-run public zoo located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the Lower North Shore suburb of Mosman, on the shores of Sydney Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
May—August: 9:30 AM—4:30 PM
September—April: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Australia
- Also known as: “Taronga Zoological Park”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: Coekon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robertson Point Light and Bradleys Head Light.
Robertson Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Guy Smiley, CC BY 3.0.
Robertson Point Light, also known as Cremorne Point Light, is an active lighthouse in Cremorne Point, a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Robertson Point Light is situated 1 km southwest of Taronga Zoo.
Bradleys Head Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wade Homewood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bradleys Head Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse at Bradleys Head, a headland protruding from the north shore of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. Bradleys Head Light is situated 1¼ km southeast of Taronga Zoo.
Fort Denison
Lighthouse
Photo: Benyoch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Denison Light, also known as Pinchgut Light, is an active lighthouse located on top of a Martello Tower at Fort Denison, a former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Fort Denison is situated 2 km southwest of Taronga Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower North Shore and Kirribilli.
Lower North Shore
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore.
Kirribilli
Suburb
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Kirribilli is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia. One of the city's most established and affluent neighbourhoods, it is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area administered by North Sydney Council, and sits on Sydney Harbour. Kirribilli House is one of the two official residences of the Prime Minister of Australia.
North Sydney
Town
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The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore. North Sydney is situated 3 km west of Taronga Zoo.
Taronga Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.84378° or 33° 50′ 38″ southLongitude
151.2417° or 151° 14′ 30″ eastOpen location code
4RRH564R+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 4354532OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1064813
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Taronga Zoo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Taronga Park”
- Chinese: “塔朗加動物園”
- Chinese: “塔隆加動物園”
- Chinese: “塔龍加動物園”
- Danish: “Taronga Zoo”
- Dutch: “Taronga Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات تارونجا”
- Estonian: “Taronga loomaaed”
- Finnish: “Taronga Zoo”
- French: “Zoo de Sydney”
- French: “zoo de Taronga”
- French: “Zoo de Taronga”
- German: “Taronga Zoo”
- Hebrew: “Taronga Zoo”
- Hebrew: “גן החיות טארונגה”
- Hebrew: “גן החיות טרונגה”
- Hebrew: “גן חיות טארונגה”
- Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang Taronga”
- Indonesian: “Taronga Zoo”
- Italian: “Taronga Zoo”
- Japanese: “タロンガ動物園”
- Korean: “타롱가 동물원”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taronga Zoo”
- Norwegian: “Taronga Zoo”
- Persian: “باغوحش تارونگا سیدنی”
- Polish: “Taronga Zoo”
- Portuguese: “Jardim zoológico de Taronga”
- Portuguese: “Zoológico de Taronga”
- Russian: “Зоопарк Таронга”
- Russian: “Таронга”
- Scots: “Taronga Zoo”
- Spanish: “Zoo de Taronga”
- Spanish: “Zoológico Taronga”
- Swedish: “Taronga Zoo”
- Ukrainian: “Зоопарк Таронга”
- Urdu: “ترونگا چڑیا گھر”
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